Odeillo solar furnace. An array of 64 flat mirrors (foreground) track the motion of the Sun, reflecting incident radiation onto an array of 9500 parab

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Odeillo solar furnace. An array of 64 flat mirrors (foreground) track the motion of the Sun, reflecting incident radiation onto an array of 9500 parabolic mirrors (centre). These parabolic mirrors focus the sunlight onto an area in the central tower. This concentrates the energy in a small area and achieves high temperatures of up to 3500 degrees Celsius. This can be used in the form of thermal power, or directly to heat objects. This solar furnace, at Odeillo, France, opened in 1970 and is the largest in the world.

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